Ancient DNA: Would the Real Neandertal Please Stand up?

Alan Cooper; Alexei J. Drummond; Eske Willerslev

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2004.05.037

Ancient DNA: Would the Real Neandertal Please Stand up?

Alan Cooper, Alexei J. Drummond, Eske Willerslev

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Abstract

Mitochondrial DNA sequences recovered from eight Neandertal specimens cannot be detected in either early fossil Europeans or in modern populations. This indicates that, if Neandertals made any genetic contribution at all to modern humans, it must have been limited, though the extent of the contribution cannot be resolved at present.

Original language	English
Journal	Current Biology
Volume	14
Issue number	11
Pages (from-to)	R431-R433
ISSN	0960-9822
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2004.05.037
Publication status	Published - 2004

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